Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-04-09

FRESNO, Cal, March 3I.-Spurious
 silver coin has been afost in this city
 for some time, but the officials have
 been unable to get a clue as Co who is
 issuing 1t, although they have clues
 that will lead to the apprehension of the
 connterfsiters. The coin is ID denomi-
 nations of dollars. half dollars and
 quarters. The milling IS well executed.
 they are moulded coins little light in
 weight and deficien, in ring.
 UTICA, N. r.. March 31.-"Telegraph
 Hut at Allan that have been shot and
 robbed These were the words uttered
 by Express Messenger Lake. running on
 Train on t5e West Shore road. which
 arrived in Utica at ll:i6 last night, when
 he vas found lying in his car bleeding
 freely from q wouni ID his shoulder
 While toe train WIS making the run
 between Cl8rk's Mills and this city,
 which only occupies seven minutes,
 party of men boarded Il between the
 baggage snd express cars, shot The mes
 FeEEer aud Atten Dted robbery. but what 1 ge ui. or how severely the m ln k a. iur-
 ed could not be learned, as stop of
 Ouiy three minutes was made here and
 all was confusion when the train reach ed Frankfort, nine miles east Ot hera. Lake was attended by physicii ans. The
 w0Uld-be robbers escaped. but It is be-
 heved that they secured no piunder.
 MONTEREY, Gala, April 9 The HO-
 tel del Monte was discovered on fire shortly before midnight last night.
 Eyerything was done to save 1t. but
 without success. The magnificent hotel IS q total wreck. No lives were lost.
 The hotel belonged to the Southern l Pacific Railroad company. and was con
 sidered to be the handsomest wateriGg l place ID America. It cost $3jGW0 and
 WAS not insured. Charles F. Crocker.
 vice president of the southern Pacific company, vBs seen early ihls morning and he sad the hotel would be rebuilt, as 1t had proved a very profitable In- vestment. There were nearly three
 hundred guests in the hotel, mostly east ern people. The fire WAS discovered quick enough to give all an opportunity to escape. Most of the people lost all 1 their trunks and clothing. Those who were not overcome by fright saved their | jewels and money. They were all hud- dled together ID the grounds, where they had to shiver all night. many having nothing more on than their night | clothes. The heat from the tiRmes kept | them warm for time. but as the | flames died out many lsdies suffered se- verelY from the -cold; all who could. sought refuge in the other hotels, and arrangements have been made by the railroad company to take them to San Francisco as early ss possible this morn- ing.
 MONTEREY, April 2-The fire was dis ! covered Rbou. o'clock this morning, ID ] a battery room. An alarm was given at once and gas cut off fr0m ths main tanks. The building had water pipes al through it, arrHnS ed in such a man. her that in case Of fire the building could be flooded from Stop tO bottom l No sooner was the fire discovered than ! tLe water was turned on. bu; all efforts Co save the building were IT. vain. An hlaim WIS given in town as soon Rs the ] fire wGs discovered. and ten minutes af- | forwards tue Monterey fire department was on the premises and hld two ! streams on the buiIdiug. The water | pressure wes poor and st times could no; throw a stream higher than ten feet. [ The fremen worked hard. Several | times they were driven back by the ! flames and had to retreat. The Hotel dsl Monte fire department also dld | go, l work. Being wooden building, | it WAS not half an hour before the main part of the building. was completely m | flames. Meanwhile the men worked had, removing what furniture they could. There were about three ! hundred and fifty guests m the hotel, | and such scenes Hs were witnessed when l the alarm was given, will never be Tor gotten by those present. People went wild m trying tO escape; men and vo- men could be seen running out from ell directions m their night clothes. | calling for some one tO save them. They | were taken to the club house and pro l viCei with hlsukets. Wagons were pJo- l cured and they were brought into town I where willing hands were waiting Co | receive them, They are all stopping | around town ID hotels and private Il houses. and & far Es heard from DO 1 lives were lost. It was reported that an old gentleman and ore of the chamber maids had perished, but later reports prove this to be untrue. Considerable Of the furniture, carpets and other arti- cies were saved, but everything was damaged to great extent. The guests had no time even to dress them selves snd thousands of dollars worth O. diamonds and jewelry were lost ID their trunks,
 The Hotel del Monte had just passed into the management of Geo. SchOne- wsld, late of the Palace. Three hours after the alarm was given the en- tire building had burned to the ground and all that could be seen was the brick chimney standing erect to- day, and Hotel del Monte is a mass of of ruins. The water pipes through the house were bursted. It was im- possible to get stream of water on any part of the building. Had it not been for the water pipes through the hotel bursting. the firemen could have saved part of the building Rs they would have had good pressure from the hydrants. lt Is estimated that one mil- hon and half will not cover the loss as the insurance was very smell.
 special train came down from San Francisco to convey the guests to that city. The safe has not been opened; it contains considerable money. Several rumors are afogt: some claim that the hall was set on fire by some one en- ployed in the building, and others clam it was accidental.
 SAN FRANCIsCO, April, The sen tence Of Alex. GoldensOn, convicted of the murder of the school girl Mamie Kelly, WAS this morning postponed un- til next Saturday, in order to give de- tendant's cOuusil time Co prepare n mo- ton for new trial.
 SAN FRANCIsCo. April 2-Harry Wilkes. the noted trotser, who IS Co trot a against his record ot 215ti, to- day. has become the sole property Otthe Siue Bros. they having purchased the hslf-interest of Frank Van Ness for SI2OOO. Yan Ness Is, however. 10 drive Wilkes during the coming ,ason.
 AUBURN, \. |. April 2.-The over lana passenger. No. ,, going west, was thrown from the track ID cut three l miles above Auburn this morning. chus- ed by a bscken wheel on the engine. George Williams, of New FOundland, a | tramp riding between the baggage and | express cars, had a leg broken; Bremen | Armstrong was thrown through the cab | window and injured in the Jeff bip and l on the head; tvo mail messengers were l D.. v Nm- -wv@nrar